I would give my left nut to see Pearl Jam at the Royal Albert Hall... my favourite venue in the UK. I saw Chris Cornell there in 2016, absolutely stunning.
I've only been to Royal Albert Hall once. Saw G3 there in 2004. Vai, Satriani and Fripp. A friend loves that kind of music, so I went with him. Was alright.
Leeds and O2 were special in their own way. One thing I would say, don’t play Wembley Arena. The acoustics are rubbish. The sound bounces off the walls.
100% true! Spent many an evening at the old Arena in the 80s and 90s and the sound was worse than being in a barn! Probably the worst indoor sound i have ever come across.
Royal albert hall is the best venue I've ever been to. I went to that G3 show mentioned above and the Chris Cornell one (shook his hand and had a selfie with him) I've seen David Gilmour there a few times, Clapton, Tom Petty etc etc .... Probably about 30 gigs there haha. Love it!
Leeds and O2 were special in their own way. One thing I would say, don’t play Wembley Arena. The acoustics are rubbish. The sound bounces off the walls.
100% true! Spent many an evening at the old Arena in the 80s and 90s and the sound was worse than being in a barn! Probably the worst indoor sound i have ever come across.
Barcelona had the most respectful crowd of the entire tour
On the whole the crowd was great. At BCN i was stuck next to 3 guys who for the whole set were involved in a multimedia presentation to friends at home.
I can't even fully articulate just how much fun Barcelona was from start to finish. I was in lower tier next to the stage, and it was a blast. Everyone everywhere was into the show and dancing. The floor looked fun and safe, too. I can't wait for the bootleg.
Crowd seemed a little lame in London 2 and the floor was rough from the looks of things, but it really picked up for the encores and the last run of songs was unbelievable!
2006: London Astoria, Lisbon I & II, Paris, Verona, Milano
2007: Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
2009: Manchester
2010: Belfast, Berlin
2012: Manchester I & II
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes
2018: Amsterdam I, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona, London 2022: Berlin, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam II
I can't even fully articulate just how much fun Barcelona was from start to finish. I was in lower tier next to the stage, and it was a blast. Everyone everywhere was into the show and dancing. The floor looked fun and safe, too. I can't wait for the bootleg.
Crowd seemed a little lame in London 2 and the floor was rough from the looks of things, but it really picked up for the encores and the last run of songs was unbelievable!
Think it’s all perspective of where you are in a crowd. The crowd where we were at London 2 (as I think dottles said previously) was great. Lots of dancing and singing along and not just from the people we were with and zero aggro.
We were left side front of the sound desk. Was an amazing show for us.
Sorry for those who didn’t enjoy.
Worst crowd I experienced was Katowice 07. It was brutal and I was covered in bruises after the show.
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
A Benaroya Hall-style set at the Royal Albert Hall would be absolutely insane. Like, highlight of my life good. Again, it's more of a space thing, but I've always loved Alexandra Palace for gigs too. Alice in Chains there in 2013 was mind-blowing.
"Hey Eddie, great show-- fuck you!" PJ - London 25/6/10, Manchester 20/6/12 + 21/6/12, Isle of Wight 23/6/12, Seattle 6/12/13, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14, Boston 5/8/16 + 7/8/16 Ed - London 31/7/12, Amsterdam 27/5/17 + 30/5/17, London 6/6/17 + 7/6/17
A Benaroya Hall-style set at the Royal Albert Hall would be absolutely insane. Like, highlight of my life good. Again, it's more of a space thing, but I've always loved Alexandra Palace for gigs too. Alice in Chains there in 2013 was mind-blowing.
I have been to Alexandra Palace a few times, including that Alice In Chains gig. I really don't like it as a venue. It's a pain to get to compared to others and it's not got the best sound quality in the world. I would certainly go if PJ played there, but I would choose other venues ahead of it.
A Benaroya Hall-style set at the Royal Albert Hall would be absolutely insane. Like, highlight of my life good. Again, it's more of a space thing, but I've always loved Alexandra Palace for gigs too. Alice in Chains there in 2013 was mind-blowing.
I have been to Alexandra Palace a few times, including that Alice In Chains gig. I really don't like it as a venue. It's a pain to get to compared to others and it's not got the best sound quality in the world. I would certainly go if PJ played there, but I would choose other venues ahead of it.
Brixton would be ideal for me personally.
Yeah, I hear you. It's funny because for me the way Brixton is set out completely puts me off. The bar near the front creates a crush that makes the very front section a bit of a mess at an active gig.
I prefer floors that give you lots of wide open space. I'd take Hammersmith any say over Brixton.
Also I'm beginning to suspect I'm the only PJ fan in North London where all of my fav venues are ha.
"Hey Eddie, great show-- fuck you!" PJ - London 25/6/10, Manchester 20/6/12 + 21/6/12, Isle of Wight 23/6/12, Seattle 6/12/13, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14, Boston 5/8/16 + 7/8/16 Ed - London 31/7/12, Amsterdam 27/5/17 + 30/5/17, London 6/6/17 + 7/6/17
A Benaroya Hall-style set at the Royal Albert Hall would be absolutely insane. Like, highlight of my life good. Again, it's more of a space thing, but I've always loved Alexandra Palace for gigs too. Alice in Chains there in 2013 was mind-blowing.
I have been to Alexandra Palace a few times, including that Alice In Chains gig. I really don't like it as a venue. It's a pain to get to compared to others and it's not got the best sound quality in the world. I would certainly go if PJ played there, but I would choose other venues ahead of it.
Brixton would be ideal for me personally.
Yeah, I hear you. It's funny because for me the way Brixton is set out completely puts me off. The bar near the front creates a crush that makes the very front section a bit of a mess at an active gig.
I prefer floors that give you lots of wide open space. I'd take Hammersmith any say over Brixton.
Also I'm beginning to suspect I'm the only PJ fan in North London where all of my fav venues are ha.
There isn't a bar at the front in Brixton. The bars are at the back and in the foyer.
A Benaroya Hall-style set at the Royal Albert Hall would be absolutely insane. Like, highlight of my life good. Again, it's more of a space thing, but I've always loved Alexandra Palace for gigs too. Alice in Chains there in 2013 was mind-blowing.
I always wonder wouldn't it be cool if PJ make a short acoustic tour like only 5 shows small venue
PJ 2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes PJ 2018: London 1, Padova, Roma, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, London 2 EV 2017: Amsterdam 2&3, London 1&2
Brixton has a great sloping floor so short arses like me can see. Nothing worse than a six footer parking his/herself right in front me doing my best oompah lumpah impression..!!
Brixton has a great sloping floor so short arses like me can see. Nothing worse than a six footer parking his/herself right in front me doing my best oompah lumpah impression..!!
Exactly. Just about everyone can see at a Brixton gig.
Half the crowd were basketball players at Shepherds Bush in 2009!
A Benaroya Hall-style set at the Royal Albert Hall would be absolutely insane. Like, highlight of my life good. Again, it's more of a space thing, but I've always loved Alexandra Palace for gigs too. Alice in Chains there in 2013 was mind-blowing.
I have been to Alexandra Palace a few times, including that Alice In Chains gig. I really don't like it as a venue. It's a pain to get to compared to others and it's not got the best sound quality in the world. I would certainly go if PJ played there, but I would choose other venues ahead of it.
Brixton would be ideal for me personally.
Yeah, I hear you. It's funny because for me the way Brixton is set out completely puts me off. The bar near the front creates a crush that makes the very front section a bit of a mess at an active gig.
I prefer floors that give you lots of wide open space. I'd take Hammersmith any say over Brixton.
Also I'm beginning to suspect I'm the only PJ fan in North London where all of my fav venues are ha.
There isn't a bar at the front in Brixton. The bars are at the back and in the foyer.
Bar as in actual, metal bar. Barrier would have been a better term.
"Hey Eddie, great show-- fuck you!" PJ - London 25/6/10, Manchester 20/6/12 + 21/6/12, Isle of Wight 23/6/12, Seattle 6/12/13, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14, Boston 5/8/16 + 7/8/16 Ed - London 31/7/12, Amsterdam 27/5/17 + 30/5/17, London 6/6/17 + 7/6/17
A Benaroya Hall-style set at the Royal Albert Hall would be absolutely insane. Like, highlight of my life good. Again, it's more of a space thing, but I've always loved Alexandra Palace for gigs too. Alice in Chains there in 2013 was mind-blowing.
I have been to Alexandra Palace a few times, including that Alice In Chains gig. I really don't like it as a venue. It's a pain to get to compared to others and it's not got the best sound quality in the world. I would certainly go if PJ played there, but I would choose other venues ahead of it.
Brixton would be ideal for me personally.
Yeah, I hear you. It's funny because for me the way Brixton is set out completely puts me off. The bar near the front creates a crush that makes the very front section a bit of a mess at an active gig.
I prefer floors that give you lots of wide open space. I'd take Hammersmith any say over Brixton.
Also I'm beginning to suspect I'm the only PJ fan in North London where all of my fav venues are ha.
There isn't a bar at the front in Brixton. The bars are at the back and in the foyer.
Bar as in actual, metal bar. Barrier would have been a better term.
A week later and my head is still at this show. For those of us who go to many concerts, we keep going back because of that feeling of euphoria experienced when everything is perfect and there's no place you'd rather be. We keep chasing the feeling but the reality is the more shows we go to, the more elusive this feeling is because let's face it, we've seen so many amazing shows by that point that the bar keeps getting higher and higher. Well, I felt that many times over a week ago in London and totally justified the flight back from NYC
I was initially 4th/5th row in front of Jeff, by the time the show ended, I think I was 3rd row between Mike & Jeff. Right before the show started, a few of us were chatting and I called Oceans as the opener. Dave, whom I had just met (who was there with Hanna) was lamenting about how he really really really wanted to hear Breath but will probably miss it again. When I heard the opening notes to Oceans, I got a really really good feeling about the show
Setlist highlights for me were: - Oceans: Obviously! - Save You: One of my favourites! - It's OK tag. I always hold my breath when they get to that point of Daughter where they could segue into It's OK but am constantly disappointed. Not tonight! - I Won't Back Down: I loved this song long before I was a Pearl Jam fan - Fatal: !!!!!!! - Breath: I tried looking for Dave during this song but they ended up a bit further back because of the crowd. I couldn't believe they were playing it. Truthfully I never really connected with it before, but oh, it connected tonight!
What really struck me throughout the show was that whole band especially Ed seemed to be in a really good mood. Maybe it's because it was the last show of the tour and they were all headed home. Or maybe they were just so happy that we all came back! No matter the reason, I love knowing that they seem to genuinely like each other. I've been to concerts where the band puts on a really really good show, but they barely make eye contact with each other. I could never imagine seeing a band like that multiple times. I've also been to shows where Ed has been cranky and that's always an uneasy feeling (looking at you LA 2013 :lol). The whole Mankind/Let Stone Sing/Let Jeff sing saga had me in stiches
In terms of the crowd, from Go until basically the closing notes of Yellow Ledbetter,
the pit was kinda intense but quite frankly I've been in worse. At Manchester 2000 I basically thought I was going to die in the pit at my first Pearl Jam show so pretty much everything else since then has been a cake walk Fans around me were great for the most part and when we were jumping, we were all going in unison and were just happy and not trying to bump into anyone. Thanks to the people in front of me (I think Jillian and another guy who's name I never got) for letting me rest my arm on you. There were people pushing from further back and from the middle of the pit which I had been expecting. It sounded like others had a far worse experience, very sorry to hear that :( The few times I had issues were from people in front of me; I was trying to put my arm down and some dude thought I was trying to elbow my way to the front. Another woman in the 2nd row spent the whole concert yelling at anyone who touched her and a woman on the rail kept pushing back aggressively at the woman behind her when the weight of the entire GA pushed up against her. All that was a little disheartening and kinda took away a little bit from my enjoyment because I couldn't understand why these fans were being assholes to other fans who weren't doing anything wrong, but I think the positivity of everyone else around me more than adequately wiped out the negativity and I was thankfully able to enjoy this wonderful show.
So full of gratitude that I got to have this experience, this is going to go down as one of the best Pearl Jam shows I've been to!
Barcelona had the most respectful crowd of the entire tour
100% and the most fun
both are correct..respectful and the best loudest european crowd i ever experience
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"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
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Would much rather see Pearl Jam there!
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and the most fun
PJ 2018: London 1, Padova, Roma, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, London 2
EV 2017: Amsterdam 2&3, London 1&2
At BCN i was stuck next to 3 guys who for the whole set were involved in a multimedia presentation to friends at home.
2006 Jools Holland, London / Reading festival
2007 Wmbly London
2009 SBE London / O2 London
2012 MEN 1/ MEN 2 / Berlin 1 / Berlin 2 / EV LDN 1 / EV LDN 2
2013 NY 1/ NY 2 / Philly 1 / Philly 2
2014 AMS 1 / AMS 2 / Leeds / MK
2017 EV LDN 1 / EV LDN 2
2018 LDN 1 / BCN / LDN 2
2022 LDN 1 / LDN 2
2022: Berlin, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam II
We were left side front of the sound desk. Was an amazing show for us.
Sorry for those who didn’t enjoy.
Worst crowd I experienced was Katowice 07. It was brutal and I was covered in bruises after the show.
Again, it's more of a space thing, but I've always loved Alexandra Palace for gigs too. Alice in Chains there in 2013 was mind-blowing.
PJ - London 25/6/10, Manchester 20/6/12 + 21/6/12, Isle of Wight 23/6/12, Seattle 6/12/13, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14, Boston 5/8/16 + 7/8/16
Ed - London 31/7/12, Amsterdam 27/5/17 + 30/5/17, London 6/6/17 + 7/6/17
Brixton would be ideal for me personally.
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I prefer floors that give you lots of wide open space. I'd take Hammersmith any say over Brixton.
Also I'm beginning to suspect I'm the only PJ fan in North London where all of my fav venues are ha.
PJ - London 25/6/10, Manchester 20/6/12 + 21/6/12, Isle of Wight 23/6/12, Seattle 6/12/13, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14, Boston 5/8/16 + 7/8/16
Ed - London 31/7/12, Amsterdam 27/5/17 + 30/5/17, London 6/6/17 + 7/6/17
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like only 5 shows
small venue
PJ 2018: London 1, Padova, Roma, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, London 2
EV 2017: Amsterdam 2&3, London 1&2
Half the crowd were basketball players at Shepherds Bush in 2009!
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What a night that could be. One off show next year similar format to the Benaroya Hall show. Would absolutely love it! Bring it on guys!
PJ - London 25/6/10, Manchester 20/6/12 + 21/6/12, Isle of Wight 23/6/12, Seattle 6/12/13, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14, Boston 5/8/16 + 7/8/16
Ed - London 31/7/12, Amsterdam 27/5/17 + 30/5/17, London 6/6/17 + 7/6/17
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I was initially 4th/5th row in front of Jeff, by the time the show ended, I think I was 3rd row between Mike & Jeff. Right before the show started, a few of us were chatting and I called Oceans as the opener. Dave, whom I had just met (who was there with Hanna) was lamenting about how he really really really wanted to hear Breath but will probably miss it again. When I heard the opening notes to Oceans, I got a really really good feeling about the show
Setlist highlights for me were:
- Oceans: Obviously!
- Save You: One of my favourites!
- It's OK tag. I always hold my breath when they get to that point of Daughter where they could segue into It's OK but am constantly disappointed. Not tonight!
- I Won't Back Down: I loved this song long before I was a Pearl Jam fan
- Fatal: !!!!!!!
- Breath: I tried looking for Dave during this song but they ended up a bit further back because of the crowd. I couldn't believe they were playing it. Truthfully I never really connected with it before, but oh, it connected tonight!
What really struck me throughout the show was that whole band especially Ed seemed to be in a really good mood. Maybe it's because it was the last show of the tour and they were all headed home. Or maybe they were just so happy that we all came back! No matter the reason, I love knowing that they seem to genuinely like each other. I've been to concerts where the band puts on a really really good show, but they barely make eye contact with each other. I could never imagine seeing a band like that multiple times. I've also been to shows where Ed has been cranky and that's always an uneasy feeling (looking at you LA 2013 :lol). The whole Mankind/Let Stone Sing/Let Jeff sing saga had me in stiches
In terms of the crowd, from Go until basically the closing notes of Yellow Ledbetter, the pit was kinda intense but quite frankly I've been in worse. At Manchester 2000 I basically thought I was going to die in the pit at my first Pearl Jam show so pretty much everything else since then has been a cake walk
So full of gratitude that I got to have this experience, this is going to go down as one of the best Pearl Jam shows I've been to!
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..